www.spedutech.c om 023 8097 0968 Cost cutting using SharePoint 2010 Alan Richards
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
Cost cutting using SharePoint 2010
Alan Richards
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
About Me• SharePoint MVP
• Worked in education for over 17 years
• Blog, write & speak
• @arichards_Saruk
• http://edutechnow.com
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
Topics• Background
• Demo of the end result possible
• InfoPath 2010
• SharePoint Designer 2010
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
Background• High levels of investment in ICT needs a ROI
• Paper – 1.5 million sheets of paper a year
– Printing
– Copying
– Letters
• Academic Review Day
– £8000 for 2 days
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
InfoPath 2010• Simple to use
• Easy to connect to SharePoint
• Browser based forms
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
InfoPath 2010• Create the list from InfoPath
– Set server / site location
– Create new list
– Creates Basic Fields
• Design Your Page
– Layouts
– Page Design
– Tables
• Add fields
– Text boxes
– Date / Time
– Person Picker
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
InfoPath 2010• Current User
– Add text box
– Control Properties
– Select function
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
SharePoint Designer 2010• Open a SharePoint site
– View current workflows
– Create new list workflow
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
SharePoint Designer 2010• Creating a workflow
– Add conditions
– Resultant actions
• Send Email
– User from AD / list
– Use a function to create the subject
– Use lookups in the body to pull data out of the list
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
SharePoint Designer 2010• Simple or Complex
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
www.spedutech.com023 8097 0968
Thank you for your time
www.edutechnow.com
@arichards_Saruk